Definition of Shoe leather

1. Noun. Leather used to make shoes.

Generic synonyms: Leather

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shoe Leather

shoder
shoders
shoe
shoe-leather
shoe-polish
shoe-shop
shoe black
shoe boil
shoe bomb
shoe bomber
shoe box
shoe industry
shoe insert
shoe inserts
shoe lace
shoe leather (current term)
shoe lift
shoe lifts
shoe polish
shoe polishes
shoe repairing
shoe shop
shoe shops
shoe store
shoe string
shoe tossing
shoe tree
shoe wedge
shoe wedges
shoebag

Literary usage of Shoe leather

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The History of the French Revolution by Adolphe Thiers (1840)
"Butchers' meat, vegetables, fruit, groceries, candles, fuel, liquors, articles of clothing, and shoe- leather, had all risen in price in proportion as ..."

2. Passages from My Autobiography by Morgan (Sydney) (1859)
"nephew, M. Brunet, and ourselves—as good a lad as ever stepped in shoe-leather. Monsieur Raoul Rochette to Lady Morgan. Palace of the French Institute, ..."

3. Leather Manufacture: A Practical Handbook of Tanning, Currying, and Chrome by Alexander Watt (1906)
"Currying Satin or Glove shoe leather.—Soaking and Splitting.— Buffing.—Blacking and Setting.—Finishing Satin or Glove Leather. —Levant Leather. ..."

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